Monday, June 29, 2009

Me and Heather and a Dead Mouse

Last night, when I was so tired from my lack of sleep, I was looking forward to bedtime. David and Joe went to see Hangover, and I was home with Heather (age 21). It suddenly started to pour, and I quickly opened the door to let Bing the Cat in, and then I ran upstairs to close the windows.

As I was coming down the stairs, I saw a dead mouse in the hall. I assume Bing brought it in to proudly show us what he had been doing outside.

I did venture a little closer to make sure it was dead. Today I was discussing with a co-worker whether it's better to find a dead mouse or a live mouse, and we agreed it would be better to find a dead one. I thought ok, maybe I can pick it up with an oven mitt. But that was just too gross for me to handle. So I moved the garbage can into the hall and got a broom and a dustpan.

Me: "HEATHER!"Heather (annoyed): "WHAT?"Me: "Come and help me."

Amazingly, Heather appeared. I handed her the dust pan.

Heather: "You're giving me a dustpan?"Me: "yes. I'll sweep it in and you hold the dustpan."

Amazingly, she took the dust pan. I took that broom and swung like it was a golf club. We both screamed. It landed in the dust pan.

The Gyp cheerfully brought me a mouse I thought was dead at the lake last summer. "Drop it," I said (and the cat that doesn't do much by command miraculously obeyed. The mouse ran and we were on a chase, finally nailing it in a corner under a wastebasket, which I walked about three blocks away to dump in the woods!

Funny. I like how the first instinct at the arrival of a Dead mouse is to kill it(!) I found a dead mouse this morning and now is my first night sleeping with the thought of mice crawling around my apt..... But now I wonder - why was it dead in the middle of my room??? what happened? did it eat some of my food and just keel over? uh oh.

About Me

Gee - I'm a middle aged woman who works full-time, the mom of a wonderful daughter and son, the wife of an amazing guy who has stood by me for almost 25 years, the owner of 3 wonderful cats and a loving 14 year old dog who's getting a bit senile. I love my family dearly. And I love my home (probably too much; I'd much rather be here than go away). I love humor and good friends who are trustworthy. I like to cook and I just started to garden last year. This year was the first year for a veggie garden - I'm getting better at flowers.